Thursday, November 1, 2012

Rumor - Massive PS4 Details Surface

VG247 has published a story that ousts a ton of development details about the upcoming PlayStation 4 (Codename Orbis). Keep in mind none of this is confirmed.- It will have Blu-ray - Not being made in Japan - New devkits being shipped to developers - The kit is housed in a normal PC case - Four versions of the dev kit - Previous version was basically just a graphics card - Version shipping now is a “modified PC” - Third version in January will be close to final spec - Final version will be with developers “next summer” - Some US developers were at a “disclosure meeting” at Sony’s offices this week - Further meeting to take place in the coming weeks - At these meetings, Sony tells studios what he machine is designed to do - The company also details hardware and shows a set of presentations - One source says Sony is only calling it Orbis - Also said that “PS4″ isn’t being used at meeting - Based on AMD’s A10 APU series - APU is a combined CPU and GPU - The console’s APU was described as a “derivative” of existing A10 hardware - Hardware “based on A10 system and base platform” - Ultimate goal for hardware is to run 1080p60 games in 3D with “no problem” - Sony also wants to make a machine that’s powerful enough for “today and tomorrow’s market” - Dev kits have “either 8Gb or 16Gb of RAM. Deduce from that what you will.” - Hard drive will be 256GB “as standard” - Unclear if it’ll be a normal HDD or a solid state drive - Sony wants to make something “very affordable” but “isn’t a slouch” - Wi-Fi and Ethernet connectivity - HDMI out - There was “no difference” between PS3 and Orbis input/output - Revamped UI - Press the PS button mid-game and travel “anywhere” on the system - Ex: buy DLC from the PS Store mid-game and then return seamlessly to the game - System will be designed to accept system and product updates in the background - It will “always be in standby mode” - When you set the console up, you’ll be asked if you want to allow background downloads - No details have been given on the pad as yet; confirmation expected this month - Will be announced at event “just before E3″ next year